Container



2 Sheets-Sheet I CONTAINER P. ZALKIND Q MQEQ Feb. 13, 1934.

INVENTOR P /F Z/ILK/ND. BY Q Z a ATTORNEY Feb. 13, 1934. P. ZALKIND 1,946,516

CONTAINER Filed Sept. 3, 195.2 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 4 INVENTOR P L/P Z/ILK/ND BY Q E ATTORNEY Patented Feb. 13, 1934:

UNITED STATES PATENT orrlca 30 Claims.

My invention relates to containers and casings therefor and more specifically relates to drawers adapted to be pushed into and pulled from a casing made of suitable sheet material.

In general my invention embodies a container and casing combination made of sheet material such as cardboard or paper box board, corrugated board, fibre board, and/or any other material adaptable or adapted to be stamped and bent 13 upon creased, scored, or otherwise formed and predetermined lines for the purposes hereinafter described after the same has been suitably cut, creased, stamped or blanked out in outline form. Drawers of the type described above, must be 16 sumciently rugged to withstand the strains to which they are subjected in being pushed into and pulled from a casing. To justify their construction from sheet material of the type described above, they must be of low cost and be 20 adapted for shipment in a collapsed state.

Accordingly, objects of my invention are: to provide means for making inexpensive and yet rugged containers of sheet material; to make containers adapted for shipment in a knockeddown condition and arranged tobe simply and easily assembled and erected by the user; and to make containers which in knocked-down" or collapsed condition lie substantially flat, so as to occupy a minimum of space for shipping and storage.

- In order to readily push and pull a drawer into and from a casing, it must obviously be provided with a handle. I have discovered a special mounting of the handle which not only insures a secure support therefor, but also does not interfere with the packing of the collapsed containers for shipment.

Accordingly, further objects of my invention are to provide a handle secured to a reinforcing member in engagement with the front wall of the container and protruding through a perforation in the front wall; a handle mounted in a depression in the front wall of a collapsible container so that the handle normally lies substantially fiush with the front wall; a handle secured to an integral extension of the front wall bent on a scored line to lie behind the front wall; and a handle mounted on a separate reinforced sheet of material adapted to be placed in face to face relation with the front wall of a collapsible container made of sheet material suitably scored to be assembled into the form of the container.

In pushing and pulling the drawer from its casing, it is subjected to shearing strains along the vertical edges of the front wall. I have discovered that by transferring these strains to the side walls, they can be distributed over a larger area and are therefore less likely to be destructive of the container.

Accordingly, still further objects of my inven- 00 tion are to provide means in a casing for transferring the shear along the vertical edges of the container to the side walls; bracket arrangements for connecting the front and side walls;

and tongues integral with the front wall and 05 suitably secured to the side walls, as by extending the tongues between an outer and inner integral side wall.

In order to keep the cost of a container at a minimum, the material may be so cut that there is substantially no waste. Moreover, it is unnecessary to maintain side walls as high as the front walls. In fact, I have discovered that it is preferable to maintain side walls lower than the front wall in order to make the container more accessible.

Accordingly, still further objects of-my invention are to provide blanks which are originally rectangular and which are scored and cut to form my preferred container; a container which, when assembled, has side walls lower than the front wall; a container in which the side walls are lower than the front wall and secured to the front wall through bracket connections extending from a point in the front wall to the side wall.

Figure 1 shows a blank or development made from a sheet of material adapted to be formed into a container or file drawer in which the front, back, and side walls are formed of a plurality of thicknesses of material and in which the front, back and side walls of the drawer are adapted to be held together without the use of fasteners, adhesives or channels.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of a drawer formed from the blank shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a view taken on line 33 of Figure 2 looking in the direction of the arrows, having a section of the side wall broken away to show a manner of locking the tongues to the side walls by means of ears formed thereon.

Figure 4 is an enlarged detailed view showing the laminated structure at one corner of.the drawer shown in Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken on line 5-5 of Figure 2, looking in the direction of the arrows, and showing the inside surface of the front wall of the drawer and the locking tongues or tabs in position therein.

Figure 6 is a view taken on line 6-6 of Figure 2 and looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 7 illustrates a modified form of separate inserts adapted to carry a handle and to be used in connection with drawers having the general construction of that shown in Figure 2.

Figure 8 shows the manner of forming a partition from a single sheet of sheet material, with end portions adapted to fit in slots cut in either the side or end pieces of the drawer blank.

Referring now to Figure 1, it will be seen that I illustrate one type of drawer or container blank formed as by cutting, scoring or stamping from .suitable sheet material, such as corrugated board, .container board, box board, and the like. The blank consists of a bottom 15, a, front wall 16, rear wall 1'7, a front wall extension 18, a rear wall extension 19, side walls 20, side wall extensions 21, front wall tongues 22, rear wall tongues 23, auxiliary front and rear wall tongues 24 and 25 formed by the blank outlined and scores 26, 2'7, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, and 33. A handle 40 is secured to the back 60 in a position adapted to be disposed opposite a perforation 41, formed in the front wall 16 when the auxiliary wall 18 and tongues 24 connected thereto are folded about the scores 31 and caused to lie on the wall 16 and tongues 22. It will be understood that the front and rear wall extension and tongues 18, 19 and 24 may be adhesively secured, respectively, to the portion 16, 1'7 and 24. Rectangular portions 42 are cut out of the auxiliary front wall 18 and will occupy the position shown in dotted lines on wall 16 when folded as described. Rectangular portions 43 are cut out of the wall 19 and when said wall and tongues 25 are folded upon the scores 33, said portions will occupy the position shown in dotted lines on the wall 17. Tabs 44 and 45 cut from the tongues 22 and 23, are formed on the side wall extension 21 respectively. The tabs 44 and 45 are adapted to fit into the corresponding openings 42 and 43 respectively, when the container is set up in order to securely hold the parts thereof in position. Similarly. tabs 46 and 4'7 formed at the ends of the. side wall extension 21 are adapted to fit in the openings 42 and 43 at the other side of the blank. The tabs 44 and 46 may be made of a distinctive shape and the openings 42 similarly shaped to serve as an aid in indicating to the consumer the manner in which the blank is to be folded and assembled. Also the tabs 45, 4'7 and notches 43 may be given still another shape for a similar purpose. Near the ends of each of the tongues, ears 48 are formed which are adapted to be juxtapositioned in pairs, and enter perforations 49 or 50 in the scores 28 and 29, respectively, when the container is folded.

Referring further to Figure 1, it will be seen that slots 34 may be cut in the material of the front and rear wall extensions so that when the container is folded, they are disposed on the inside thereof in a position normal to the bottom of the container. The slots 34 are adapted to receive ends 35 of an upwardly extended folded partition 36 in a sheet 3'7 to form a partition through the center of the container. It will be understood that the partition 35 and 36 is formed by folding the sheet 3'7 on score lines indicated generally by the numerals 3 8 and 39. It will also be understood that when it is desired to make the partition extend across the drawer rather than longitudinally as above described, that slots similar to 34 above described may be formed in the side wall extensions 21. In Figure 9 the partition 36 is shown open to illustrate the inanner of forming the same and it will be understood that the sections of the sheet forming the partition will be pressed together when it is inserted in the container and the width of the sheet 3'7 will be equal to the width of the inside of the drawer. This manner of forming a partition and securing the same in the bottom of the container makes it possible to support the partition at the bottom edge through its entire length as well as being supported at the ends of the slots 34.

In Figure 2 I show a perspective view of a drawer formed from a blank, like that shown in Figure 1, and the manner in which the side wall extension 21 is folded into the drawer to lock the lugs 48 in position. This view also shows the manner in which the side wall extension is locked in position by the tab 45 in the opening 43 formed in the rear wall extension 19. It will be understood that the corresponding parts at each corner of the drawer are similarly assembl'ed and that when the drawer is finally set up, the surface of the tab 45 and rear wall extension 19 lie in the same place, making a smooth interior surface for the drawer.

Figure 3 shows a sectional view of the drawer taken on line 2-2 of Figure 2 looking in the direction of the arrows, and also shows the manner in which the ears 48 flt into the perforations in the score between the side wall 20 and side wall extension 21. Figure 3 also shows in dotted lines 51, the position of the rectangular portions cut from the tongues 22 and 23 in order to form the tabs 44 and 45 and that this mutilation of the tongues is not objectionable because the tongues are completely covered in the finished drawer. If desired, a handle may be mounted on a separate piece of material 60 (see Figure 9) and inserted between the parts 16 and 18 as shown, and may also be adhesively or otherwise secured to make the assembled parts a consolidated panel.

Figure 4 is a perspective detailed view showing the laminated structure of the front wall and tabs and serves to indicate the manner in which the comparatively light weight sheet material may be folded to form an economical and serviceable multi-wall drawer.

Figure 5 taken on line 5-5 of Figure 2, and Figure 6 taken on line 6-6 of Figure 2, show sectional elevational views looking from the inside of the drawer towards the ends thereof, respectively, and further show the side wall construction and the manner in which the tabs fit into the recesses in the front and rear wall extensions 18 and 19, respectively, as above described.

Figures 7 and 8 show the manner in which handles may be supported on separate pieces and used in the construction of a drawer of the class just described, instead of the piece 56.

In the present application I have described and claimed an embodiment of my invention disclosed in Figures 23 and 24 of this application as originally filed. In addition to these-figures showing one form of container, I have disclosed other forms of containers and various constructions of casings containing other embodiments of my invention, which I shall claim in divisional applications of this parent application.

\ What I claim is:

1. In a container; a front wall; side walls; said front wall comprising an inner and outer face; a member interposed between said inner and outer face; and a handle secured to said member and accessible through a perforation in said outer face.

2. In a container; a front wall; side walls; said front wall comprising an integral inner and outer face; a reenforcing member interposed between said inner and outer face; and a handle secured to said reenforcing member and accessible through a perforation in said outer face.

3. In a container; a front wall; side walls; said front wall including an outer face; an inner member mounted in face to face relation with said outer face and a handle secured to said member and lying withina depression in said outer face and being substantially flush with said outer face.

4. In a container adapted to be shipped in knocked down condition comprising a front wall having a depression therein; side walls; a bottom wall; said walls when in knocked down condition comprising a substantially flat unit; and a handle secured in said front wall and lying within said depression.

5. In a drawer which is designed to be pushed I into and pulled out of a casing; end walls including a front wall; a handle secured to said front wall; side walls; end wall extensions engaged by and held in place by said side walls; and side wall extensions engaged by and held in place by the corresponding end wall.

6. In a collapsible drawer, which when collapsed is substantially fiat and which when assembled is designed to be pushed into and pulled out of a casing; said drawer including a front wall having a depression; a handle for pulling said drawer lying within said depression in said front wall; side walls; and releasable means'for securing said front wall and side walls to each other and permitting said walls to be collapsed.

'7. In a collapsible drawer which is designed to be pushed into and pulled out of a casing; a front wall; side walls; said front wall including an outer face and an inner member in face to face relation with said outer face; a handle secured to said member and lying substantially flush with said outer face in a depression in said front wall; and means for securing said front and side walls to each other.

8. In a collapsible drawer designed to be pushed into and pulled from a casing; a front wall; a handle; a rear wall; side walls; means for securing said front wall to said side walls and said side walls to said front wall; a vertical slot opposite one of said walls; and a spacing member extending between and held in position in said slots.

9. In a collapsible drawer designed to be pushed into and pulled froma casing; a front wall; a handle secured to said front wall; a-tongue extending from said front wall; a side wall comprising an inner and outer integral wall section; 2. lug extending from said tongue; a slot in the upper edge of said side wall; said side wall enveloping said tongue between its inner and outer wall sections; and said lug being adapted to fit into said slot for locking said tongue in position.

10 In a collapsible drawer designed to be pushed into and pulled out of a casing; a front wall; a handle secured to said front wall; side walls lower than said front wall; bracket tongues formed into two arms by reentrant angles integral with and extending from said front wall;

one arm of the reentrant angle of said bracket member extending from substantially the full height of said front wall and the other arm of the reentrant angle of said bracket member being of substantially the same height as said side wall, extending along and secured to said side walls.

11. A rectangular blank for forming a container, said-blank being scored and cut to form a bottom; an extension from said bottom for forming a front wall; other extensions from said bottom for forming side walls; tongues extending from said front wall extension; said rectangular blank providing a width of said front wall greater than the width of said side wall and providing a length of said tongue extensions substantially equal to the width of said side wall extensions.

12. A rectangular blank for forming a container, said blank being scored and cut to form a bottom; an extension from said bottom for forming a front wall; other extensions from said bottom for forming side walls; tongues extending from said front wall extension, said rectangular blank providing a width of said front wall greater than the width of said side wall and providing a length of said tongue extensions substantially equal to the width of said side wall extensions; and reentrant angles in said tongues whereby said tongues form bracket connections between said front and side walls.

13. A rectangular blank for forming a container, said blank being scored and cut to form a bottom; an extension from said bottom for forming a front wall; other extensions from said bottom for forming side wall; tongues extending from said front wall extension; said rectangular blank providing a width of said front wall greater than the width of said side wall and providing a length of said tongue extensions substantially equal to the width of said side wall extension; reentrant angles in said tongues and reentrant angles in said side walls adapted to interlock with each other to provide a bracket connection between said front and side walls.

14. A rectangular blank for forming a container, said blank being scored and cut to form a bottom; a double extension from said bottom for forming a double front wall; other double extensions from said bottom for forming double side walls; tongues extending from said double front wall extensions; said rectangular blank providing a width of said double front wall extensions greater than the width of said double side wall extensions and providing a length of said tongue extensions substantially equal to the width of said double side wall extensions.

15. A rectangular blank for forming a container, said blank being scored and cut to form a bottom; a double extension from said bottom for forming a double front wall; other double extensions from said bottom for forming double side walls; tongues extending from said double front wall extensions; said rectangular blank providing a width of said double front wall extensions greater than the width of said double side wall extensions and providing a length of said tongue extensions substantially equal to the width of said double side wall extensions, the adjacent sides of the tongues extending'from the front wall extensions having symmetrical reentrant angles and the end of said side wall having reentrant angles, the apices of said reentrant angles being adjacent each other when H said blank is formed into a container.

16. In a container; a front wall: side walls lower than said front wall; tongues forming bracket connections from said front wall to said side walls; one arm of said bracket being connected to said front wall above the upper edge of said side wall and the other arm of said bracket extending to the upper edge of said side wall; and means for securing said other arm of said bracket to said side wall.

17. In a container; a front wall; side walls lower than said front wall; tongues forming bracket connections from said front wall to said side walls; one arm ofsaid bracket being connected to said front wall above the upper edge of said side wall and the other arm of said bracket extending along the upper edge of said side wall; said side wall overlapping said other arm of said bracket for securing said bracket thereto.

18. In a container; a front wall; side walls,

'lower than said front wall; said front wall comprising an outer face and a reinforcing means thereforlying in flat relation with said outer face; a perforation in said outer face; a handle accessible from the outside of said container and secured through said perforation to said reinforcing means; tongues forming bracket connections from said front wall to said side walls, one arm of said bracket being connected to said front wall above the upper edge of said side wall and the other arm of said bracket extending to the upper edge of said side wall; and means for securing said other arm of said bracket to said side wall.

19. In a collapsible drawer to be pushed into and pulled from a casing, a front wall, a handle secured to said front wall; a tongue extending from said front wall; side wall comprising an inner and outer integral wall section, the ends of said side wall being formed with reentrant angles, said wall enveloping said tongue between its inner and outer wall sections; and a score extending from the apex of said reentrant angle to the edge of said inner wall section for aiding said side wall assembly in overlapping said tongue.

20. A collapsible drawer adapted to be pushed into and pulled from a. casing comprising a front well; said front wall comprising an outer face and a reinforcing member therefor lying in fiat relation with said outer face; a perforation in said outer face; a handle accessible from the outside of said drawer and secured through said perforation to said reinforcing member; side walls; and releasable means for securing said side and end walls together and permitting said container to be collapsed into a substantially fiat unit; said releasable means comprising tongues integral with said outer face of the front wall and secured to said side walls.

21. A drawer adapted to be pushed into and pulled from a casing comprising a bottom wall; a front wall connected to the bottom wall; handle means secured to and accessible from the front of the assembled drawer; side walls each comprising an outer face connected at its lower edge to the bottom wall and an inner face connected at its upper edge to said outer face; and tongues integral with said front wall and retained between said inner and outer faces of said side walls with their upper edges bearing against the fold between said inner and outer faces; whereby the tension stresses imposed upon the drawer in pulling the same from the casing are transmitted to the side and bottom walls with minimum tear on the drawer.

22. A drawer adapted to be pushed into and pulled from a casing comprising a bottom wall; a front wall connected to the bottom wall; a handle secured to the front wall; side walls each comprising an outer face connected at its lower edge to the bottom wall and an inner face connected at its upper edge to said outer face; said side walls being of less height than said front wall; and tongues having relatively wide base ends extending from said front wall and narrower free ends retained between said inner and outer faces of said side walls with their upper edges bearing against the fold between said inner and outer faces; whereby the tension stresses imposed upon the drawer in pulling the same from the casing are transmitted to the side and bottom walls with minimum tear on the drawer.

23. A file cabinet drawer adaptedto be pushed into and pulled from a casing comprising a bottom wall; a front wall; a handle on said front wall secured thereto; side walls of less height than said front wall; and tongues integral with said front wall and having their free ends secured to said side walls; said tongues having a width at their connected or base ends substantially equal to the height of the front wall and tapering from said connected or base end to a width equal to the height of said side walls, said drawer being made from a blank of sheet material having fold lines along which the blank is folded to form said walls and tongues, and which blank is adapted to be shipped in flat or knocked down condition with said handle attached to said front wall.

24. A drawer adapted to be pushed into and pulled from a casing comprising a bottom wall; a front wall; handle means secured to and accessible from the front of ,the assembled drawer; side walls of less height than said front wall; and tongues comprising base end portions integral with said front wall and tapering from the height of the front wall to the height of the side walls and free end portions of the height of the side walls and secured thereto.

25. A file cabinet drawer adapted to be pushed into and pulled from a casing comprising a bottom wall; a front wall comprising an outer face and a reinforcing member lying in flat relation with said outer face; a handle secured to said reinforcing member and accessible from the outside of the drawer; side walls; and tongues for connecting the front and side walls; said tongues being integral with said outer face of the front wall and secured to said side walls.

26. A drawer adapted to be pushed into and pulled from a casing comprising a bottom wall; a front wall comprising an outer face and a reinforcing member lying in flat relation with said outer face; a handle secured to said reinforcing member and accessible from the outside of the drawer; side walls of less height than the front wall; and tongues for connecting the front and side walls; said tongues having relatively narrow free ends secured to said side walls and base ends which are wider than the height of said side walls and which are integral with said outer face of the front wall.

27. In a collapsible drawer adapted to be pushed into and pulled from a casing; a bottom wall; a front wall comprising an outer face and a reinforcing member lying in flat relation with said outer face; a handle secured to said reinforcing member and accessible from the outside of the drawer; side walls of less height than said front wall; and tongues for connecting the front and side walls; said tongues having relatively narrow free ends detachably secured to said side walls and base ends which are wider than the height of said side walls and which are integral with said outer face of the front wall. 28. A drawer adapted to be pushed into and pulled from a casing comprising a bottom wall a front wall comprising an outer face and a reinforcing member lying in fiat relation with said outer face; a handle secured to said reinforcing member and accessible from the outside of the drawer; side walls of less height than said front wall means for connecting the front and side walls comprising tongues integral with said outer face of the front wall and secured to said side walls, said means including an inclined connection between the upper portion of the front wall above the side walls and portions of said side walls spaced from the front wall.

29. A file cabinet drawer adapted to be pushed into and pulled from a casing comprising a bottom wall; a front wall; a handle secured to said front wall and accessible from the exterior of the drawer; side walls; and tongues for connecting the front and side walls, said tongues extending from said front wall and secured to said side walls; said drawer being made from a blank of sheet material having fold lines along which the blank is folded to form said walls and tongues, and which blank is adapted to be pped in flat or knocked down condition with said handle attached to saidfront wall.

30. A collapsible file cabinet drawer adapted to be pushed into and pulled from a casing comprising a bottom wall; a front wall; a handle secured to the front wall of the drawer and accessible from the exterior thereof; side walls; and tongues for connecting the front and side walls, said tongues extending from said front wall and detachably secured to said side walls, whereby the tension stresses imposed upon the drawer in pulling the same from the casing are minimum tearon the drawer.

PHILIP m. 

